GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| countenance | look |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| evenhanded | fair |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |